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Vigilance raids 15 premises in drive against corrupt

SRINAGAR, Sept 21: Jammu and Kashmir state vigilance organisation today conducted state-wide raids on 15 premises of the officials suspected to have amassing disproportionate assets. "The raids are going on at the moment against suspected corrupt elements in the administration," SVO Commissioner A K Bhan told PTI.........more

Devotees offering "Pind Daan" to their ancestors on the bank of river Ganga in Allahabad on Wednesday. (UNI)

Mediation in Kashmir will complicate situation: Azad

BRUSSELS, Sept 20: Asking third parties to refrain from interfering in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here today that peace in his State could be best ensured by talks between India and Pakistan and outside mediation would "complicate an already difficult situation." .....more

He claimed prize in Raffle Draw on fake ticket and took a Maruti-800
Class XI student behind bars for cheating police

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Sept 20: A 17-year-old student has been put behind bars and booked for unprecedented cheating as he had allegedly claimed a Maruti-800 as his prize in a lucky draw against a fake ticket. The prize had been given away to the young student by none other than Director General of Police Gopal Sharma...........more

Woman killed, man’s ears chopped off
Lashkar ultra arrested in Doda, one shot dead

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 20: A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant, who was involved in supply of 23 wireless sets, one satellite telephone and a large number of SIM cards and mobile headsets, was arrested by police while another ultra was eliminated and a woman was shot dead in three separate incidents in Doda district overnight. Militants chopped off ears of a civilian in Kishtwar.........more

LeT female activist arrested
Two militants killed, 100 kg RDX seized

SRINAGAR, Sept 20 : Troops killed two militants of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) while ultras shot dead a woman in Kashmir overnight. Two civilians were injured in a grenade attack at Sher Bagh in Anantnag district............more

A close relative also under vigil
Sustained interrogation of ex-partners of Chopra on

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 20: Police today again subjected to sustained questioning six former partners of Rajinder Bushan Chopra alias Raju Chopra and was in the process of deputing a team to Bhanore, Rajasthan to quiz another businessman where Chopra was reported to have property and assets worth Rs 6-7 crore. A very close relative of Chopra is likely to be quizzed after Uthala of three members of the family on Friday........more

Omar's 'dynamic leadership' hailed by speakers
NC meet continues praise on party's 'political Bible'

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Sept 20: Speakers at National Conference Working Committee meeting continued to describe autonomy as the party's 'political Bible' as they believed, in day two deliberations today, that whatever the name would be given to the permanent solution of the Kashmir problem by New Delhi and Islamabad it would be nothing but restoration of the special status which Jammu and Kashmir enjoyed during Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah's Government in 1947-53 period........more

Pay 2nd and 3rd instalment to earthquake victims: HC

SRINAGAR, Sept 20: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the State Government to take necessary steps immediately to arrange for requisite funds for the disbursement of second and third instalments to the victims of the devastating October 8 earthquake.......more

Madhu Koda wins trust vote

RANCHI, Sept 20: UPA Ministry in Jharkhand led by Madhu Koda today won the vote of confidence 41-1 with the lone CPI-ML (Lib) MLA voting against the motion while opposition NDA refused to participate in the process alleging that the officiating Speaker has no power to conduct the trust vote...........more

Lawyers suspend work in Srinagar

SRINAGAR, Sept 20: Kashmir High Court Bar Association (KHCBA) today suspended work in High Court and District Court following an alleged assault on a lawyer by some persons in high security Gupkar Road zone last evening...........more

Two ultras killed in Mahore, 3 trapped in Rajouri

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Sept 20: Army and police tonight gunned down two militants in an encounter at village Ban Khour in Gulabgarh area of Mahore tehsil in Reasi police district......more

Key ultra slips into Bangladesh

NEW DELHI, Sept 20: Top Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Aslam Kashmiri, linked to the Varanasi terror attack and the July 11 train bombings in Mumbai, is believed to have fled to Bangladesh following the recent arrest of four LeT militants in Gujarat, official sources said today........more